This aspect alone makes the card a smart pick for frequent guests of this hotel group. Cardholders earn 2 points per dollar spent on all other purchases, a modest return of 1. Rental car partners: Earn up to 2, bonus points for booking with Avis or Budget. Book a cruise: Earn 5 points per dollar when booking a cruise through Choice Privileges Cruises. Golf by Choice: Golfers can earn points for amounts spent on golf equipment, apparel, tee time reservations and more through the Golf by Choice program.
Choice Privileges Mall: Make purchases at over merchants through the dedicated shopping portal to earn bonus points. Take surveys through e-Rewards: Enroll in e-Rewards and complete surveys to earn bonus points, including points for your first survey. Refer a friend to Choice: You can even earn bonus points for referring a friend to the rewards program. The rate for buying Choice Privileges points is typically 0. However, Choice Hotels will periodically offer bonuses or discounts on buying points.
Get points through Daily Getaways: One of the best ways to stock up on points is through the Daily Getaways promotion offered yearly by the U. Travel Association. The purchase rate has varied over the past few years, but members can typically purchase points for under 0. Understandably, these promotions sell out quickly. Transferring points between loyalty programs rarely is a good deal.
But, it can work in a pinch when you need to top off your account for a redemption. However, you have other options if needed.
You can redeem your points for hotel stays at most of Choice Hotels' 7, properties. Award rates technically start at just 6, points per night, but those rates can be hard to come by. In the U. Award night rates generally top out at 35, points per night, but there are exceptions: Choice Hotels in the Asia-Pacific region can go as high as 75, points per night. And, while their terms haven't been updated yet to reflect this, the program charges as much as , points per night for all-inclusive resorts in Mexico and the Caribbean.
We also include editorial content to educate consumers about financial products and services. For more information, please see How we make money. Signing up for credit cards through partner links earns us a commission. Terms apply to the offers listed on this page. Pro tip: The easiest and most mindless! Points expire in most U. And some programs like Choice and Wyndham hotels expire after two and four years and there is nothing you can do to extend the expiration, so you might as well use them before they expire.
But it is really, really easy to keep your hotel points active without staying in the hotel. Sometimes, all you need to do is to make an award booking and cancel it later, for free. This will generate redemption activity when you make the award and earning activity when you cancel the award and reset the point expiration clock.
But be sure to check the cancellation policy when you book. Read below for all the ways to keep your hotel points from expiring! Link: Choice Privileges. Now, as long as you have a qualifying activity every 18 months, you keep your points. Link: Radisson Rewards. Link: Hilton Honors. Related: The best credit cards to maximize your nonprofit donation. You can redeem your Choice Privileges points for a subscription to 30 different magazines.
Subscriptions range from points for 24 issues of Parents to 3, points for 15 issues of Wine Spectator. If you subscribe to any of the available magazines, this could be a reasonable use of your points. You can also exchange your Choice Privileges points for airline miles with 11 airlines and Amtrak. Specifically, here are the exchange partners and rates:. As you can see in the table, about half of these exchanges can be completed online using the Rewards Exchange program.
For online exchanges, miles will generally post within 48 hours. But, in some cases it may take up to seven days. And, these telephone exchanges may take up to six weeks to post. Through the Golf by Choice program , you can redeem Choice Privileges points for golf equipment and apparel.
Related: How to protect your golf clubs from the airlines. Finally, you can also redeem your Choice Privileges points for a cruise credit, which can be used across 20 cruise lines. This provides a redemption value of 0. Related: 15 ways that cruising newbies waste money on their first cruise. Then, enter your destination, dates, number of rooms and number of guests. You can filter these results by amenities, distance from your destination, brands, price range and guest ratings. You can also sort the results by relevance, points, distance or rating.
If you want to compare hotel locations on a map, you can choose to view by split-screen. This shows you both the hotel information and a map. You can compare the cost of each room type across various rates at this point. In some cases, you may also see some premium room types bookable for the same points cost. In the case below, you can book a deluxe city view king for the same points cost as a deluxe king. The Choice Privileges program frequently offers promotions.
One recurring promotion allows you to earn at least 8, points after every two stays. So, promotions like this can be a great way to boost your points balance. And, Choice Privileges is also currently offering a promotion for stays at AMResorts all-inclusive properties.
Specifically, you can earn 25, points when you book by September 30 and stay by November 15, Related: Your complete guide to all current hotel promotions. There are ample opportunities to get outsized value from Choice Privileges points. This is especially true in Europe and Japan. In these regions, you can often get well-located properties for 12, points or less per night.
And, last summer I was able to stay at an all-inclusive resort in the Dominican Republic for just 8, points per night. But, Choice points can also provide great value in the United States. Like many hotel loyalty programs , Choice Privileges offers a best rate guarantee. This lowest price guarantee applies when you book directly with Choice and then find a lower publicly available price.
But, you must complete the claim form within 24 hours of making your booking. And, there are a number of restrictions and exclusions. For example, you must book at least 48 hours before 6 p.
So, check out the terms and conditions before making your claim to avoid disappointment. Within 48 hours of your claim, a Choice Hotels representative will contact you. Click here to cancel reply. Notify me of followup comments via e-mail Notify me of followup posts via e-mail. Choice Hotel deleted our points about 20, We had no idea that they would expire as we did not do any travel due to Covid I went to book a hotel in Trenton ON on November 1st and noticed that all the points had disappeared.
I have pleaded with them as we have been Choice members for many years. They said we should have applied for their credit card or purchased points. My question is, is there anyway to reason with Choice or go to some organization to get help in this matter. Sorry to hear about this.
Do you know when the points disappeared? Choice sent an email to members in May of saying points expiration was paused until December 31, Does it leave a bad taste? Is there really anything we can do about it? Unfortunately, no. I hope this can help you. Good luck! Thanks for the useful information. We always have to be on the lookout for the expiration conditions.
Hello, I would like to know if buying miles in AA site, would eventually avoid miles to expire? Choice is underrated I think. They gave 50k bonus points. Yeah sometimes not the greatest hotels but in a pinch when traveling they have worked well for us. Also going BIG with 1 or 2 nights works well for the big bonus points. We may be using our nights this summer on our travel. Also sometimes especially in more rural areas you can find a choice hotel more than some of the other bigger brand hotels.
Love having all my rewards tracked thru one site! You can! That said, since you can typically use points to book suites or better rooms, I usually just book into the best-available room! That is an actual activity with the hotel chain. I could see not considering it as an elite night — so as to prevent travelers from manufacturing elite status. But, it should still count for extending point expiration! Without notice. I noticed that too! I was hoping that it was just a temporary issue.
Yeah I researched into Choice hotels and got just a few miles to see how long it will take to credit a shopping trip. Yep that took forever. I was happy to find out how easy it is to keep the points active. It is interesting that Qantas participates in the point exchange though Choice is not particularly dominant across Down Under. Choice may not be dominant, but they are definitely around!
There are a bunch of low-category and fairly low-quality from my experience staying at a couple Choice hotels around Australia.
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